MAKING GOLD BY CHEMISTRY
FRENCHMAN’S CLAIMS FOR A ' NEW FORMULA _ PARIS, April 21. M. Jollivet-Dasielot, a chemist, of Doual, has discovered a new formula for producing, synthetic gold by chemical means. The process consists of bringing* to a temperature of 1180- degrees a mixture of six grammes of pure silver, two grammes of yellow silver, two grammes of antimony, one gramme of orpiment, and one gramme of tin. During the beating process additions’ of silver and antimony are injected into the mixture, which is afterwards treated by washings with distilled water and ammonia. The liquid is filtered and the gold is found as a deposit. M. Jollivet-Dasielct states that he produced ten milligrammes of gold, which he claims is sufficient to prove the commercial value of bis process, 'ihe greater part of the six grammes of silver -was recovered, and can be used again.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16377, 27 June 1927, Page 2
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